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Benjamin Levy
Benjamin Levy, a former teacher, is founder of video delivery platform PlayPosit (formerly eduCanon). Benjamin is a blogger for The Startup Blog, where entrepreneurs chart their efforts to launch and build ed-tech companies and describe the challenges they face in securing funding, finding customers, and growing their businesses.
E-mail ben@playposit.com
The Startup Blog
Opinion Nov. 11, 2014May 5, 2016

The Next Big Thing in Online Video: Student Production

By Benjamin Levy

New evidence suggests that it is not just teachers who make engaging and relevant recordings. Students do too.

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The Startup Blog
Opinion Oct. 20, 2014May 5, 2016

Why a Pause May Be the Best Thing for Your Video Lessons

By Benjamin Levy

Sometimes all the activity of animations in an instructional video are best offset by a break, to help students refocus on the material.

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The Startup Blog
Opinion Oct. 6, 2014May 5, 2016

How to Create a Classroom Tech Tool While Teaching

By Benjamin Levy

As teachers, we experience many of the pain points of our education system. If you have an idea for a tool that could ease some of those pain points, think about becoming a teacherpreneur.

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The Startup Blog
Opinion Sept. 29, 2014May 5, 2016

Five Steps to a Great Video Lesson

By Benjamin Levy

Here’s what teachers need to know about techniques and strategies to create the most effective video lessons. Much of this information has come through direct interviews with eduCanon’s master teachers.

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The Startup Blog
Opinion Sept. 15, 2014May 5, 2016

Is the Flipped Class Model Here to Stay?

By Benjamin Levy

Enthusiasts believe that the flipped classroom movement is completely transforming education, while detractors believe that the technological hurdles are too formidable. So where are we right now?

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The Startup Blog
Opinion Sept. 8, 2014May 5, 2016

Innovative Teacher in Three (Easy) Steps

By Benjamin Levy

I developed the mindset and fostered the environment to create eduCanon by starting with creative thinking and collaboration while I was a middle school science teacher.

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The Startup Blog
Opinion Aug. 28, 2014May 5, 2016

How Teachers Can Create Videos That Engage Students

By Benjamin Levy

As a teacher, you may think slick production is the way to go in building engaging learning videos, but new data shows that variables within your control (and budget!) have more of an impact.

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The Startup Blog
Opinion Aug. 22, 2014May 5, 2016

From the Back Row to the Teacher’s Desk

By Benjamin Levy

I’ve gone from the quietest kid in class to teacher, and now to entrepreneur working on an online, interactive video platform for educators.

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